The finalists for the annual Media i Awards, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, have been revealed.

Taking place virtually, the award ceremony will be held on 11 November and is the culmination of 4,000 media agency peers voting for the individuals and teams they believe achieved excellence in media sales.  

To join the event simply log into www.miawards.innovative.net.au just prior to 5pm on 11 November. For further information on the awards night, head here.

“The Media i Awards not only recognise the professionalism and excellence of sales teams and individuals, but specifically this year the results they achieved for clients in collaboration with media agencies against what has been an incredibly difficult backdrop," Media i CEO Charles Parry-Okeden says.

Each agency respondent voted for their best media sales teams and representative in the respective channels they engaged in during 2020.

This years categories include:

• National Sales Team of the Year
• State Sales Team of the Year (NSW, VIC, QLD, WA and SA)
• Sales Person of the Year – by Market, by Category (Television, Digital, Outdoor, Print Media, Radio) 

This year’s Media i Awards have once again been well supported by the media industry including the Media Federation of Australia and all of its returning category sponsors; Carat, Kaimera, Mediabrands, OMD, PHD, Starcom, The Media Store, UM, & Zenith.

“The importance of the Media i Awards has been proven once again with this year’s voting representing near on 80% of the media owner-facing agency fraternity. Finalists should feel immensely proud of their nomination in what is arguably the most significant program in its 10-year history”, Media i MD Chris Winterburn says.

For the complete list of nominees, see below:

NATIONAL SALES TEAM AWARD NOMINATIONS

Nine TV

Nine Digital

Nova Entertainment

Spotify

Network Ten

Verizon Media 

STATE SALES TEAM AWARDS NOMINATIONS

NSW Sales Team of the Year
ARN

Nine TV

Nine Digital

Nova Entertainment

Spotify

Verizon Media

VIC Sales Team of the Year
Nine TV

Nine Digital

oOh! Media  

QMS

Network Ten

Verizon Media

QLD Sales Team of the Year
JCDecaux

Network 10

News Corp Australia

QMS

Verizon Media

SA Sales Team of the Year
JCDecaux

Nine TV

Nova Entertainment

SBS

Network Ten

WA Sales Team of the Year
ARN

JCDecaux

Nine TV

Nine Digital

Nova Entertainment

SBS

NSW SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Digital Sales Person of the Year

Alysha Calder – Nine

Annie Hugo – Spotify  

Giorgia Tavella – Verizon Media

Hayley Treasure – Spotify

Lana Selimovic – Verizon Media

Rhiannon Brown – MiQ

Print Media Sales Person of the Year

Brad Dwyer – Australian Community Media

Lloyd Whittaker – Nine

Maclean Sullivan – News Corp Australia

Nathaniel Caires – News Corp Australia

Olivia Simons – Are Media

Simon Cleary – Australian Community Media

Outdoor/Cinema Sales Person of the Year

Alex Anthony – VMO

Andrew Lowther – oOh! Media

Charlie Newton – JCDecaux

Samantha Barron – Shopper Media Group

Stephanie Davis – Shopper Media Group

Tom Ure – QMS

Radio Sales Person of the Year

Harrison Joffick - Nova Entertainment

Jade Randall - ARN

Kieran Grant – Nova Entertainment

Sally Cartmell - Southern Cross Austereo

Sophie Azzopardi – Nova Entertainment

Talya Levine – Nova Entertainment 

Television Sales Person of the Year

Daniel Walsh – Network Ten

Dean Bishop – Nine

Michelle Felettigh – Southern Cross Television 

Oriane Thoral – Nine

Travis Kirk – Network Ten

Victoria Phillipou – Network Ten

VIC SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Digital Sales Person of the Year

Ben Walton - News Corp Australia

Hamish Ward – realestate.com.au

Jacinta Dwyer – Spotify

Laura Rolfe – Verizon Media

Luke Burr – Verizon Media
 

Print Media Sales Person of the Year

Ben Walton - News Corp Australia

Jessica Kakaflikas – News Corp Australia  

Marcus Robat – Nine

Mark Nicevski – News Corp Australia

Tiffany Leahy – Nine   

Outdoor/Cinema Sales Person of the Year

Amy Hoskin – Shopper Media Group

Andrew Poole – JCDecaux

Curtis Mason – Val Morgan Cinema

Patrick Healey – QMS

Warwick Kiel – oOh! Media

Radio Sales Person of the Year

Dane Pearce – Nova Entertainment

Matt Lambert – Southern Cross Austereo

Stephanie Booth – ARN

Tegan Miller – Southern Cross Austereo

Tess McLeod – ARN

Television Sales Person of the Year

Ben Taylor – Network Ten

Chanel Weereratne – Nine

Georgia Ratcliffe – Network Ten

Jin Subasinghe – Network Ten

Josh Gilbert – Network Ten

QLD SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Digital Sales Person of the Year

Georgia Dein – Nine

Lauren Fitch – Nine

Lucinda Pfitzner – Verizon Media

Madison Wappett – MiQ

Tenielle Jordan – News Corp Australia

Print Media Sales Person of the Year

Brad Robert – The West Australian Newspaper

Claire Sheely – News Corp Australia

Nonie Campbell – News Corp Australia

Sam Broadbent – News Corp Australia

Tenielle Jordan – News Corp Australia

Outdoor/Cinema Sales Person of the Year

Aidan Price – QMS

Annika Schultz – oOh! Media

Courtney Johnson – QMS

Gillian Black – Val Morgan Cinema

Kieran Rogers – JCDecaux

Radio Sales Person of the Year

Alana Bulger – Nova Entertainment

Chris Reid – Southern Cross Austereo

Jessie Cuerton – ARN

Julian Dias – Nova Entertainment

Lauren Everist – ARN

Television Sales Person of the Year

Brendan Coleman – Seven

James Rose – Seven

Jayce Silvallana – Southern Cross Austereo

Jayne Balke – Network Ten

Madeline Begg – Nine

SA SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Digital Sales Person of the Year

Allison Bond – 10 Digital

Andie Killeen – 7 Digital  

Eshanya Weerawarna – Nine

Jay Smith – MiQ

Lisa Norling - SBS on Demand
 

Print Media Sales Person of the Year

Brad Barber – News Corp Australia

Candice Arthur - News Corp Australia

John Boonen - Australian Community Media

Mark Bachetti - Nine

Mark Dunn - News Corp Australia

Outdoor/Cinema Sales Person of the Year

Annaliese Norsworthy – JCDecaux

Jane Baker – oOh! Media

Jessica Batrac – oOh! Media

Kath Haines – Val Morgan Cinema

Lucy Carey – JCDecaux

Radio Sales Person of the Year

Daniel Muscat – Nova Entertainment

Jenna Hawkins – ARN

Matt Russell – Nova Entertainment

Sean Cameron – Southern Cross Austereo

Thea Petros – Southern Cross Austereo

Television Sales Person of the Year

Alexa Borak – Nine

Bianca Kost – Network Ten

Stephanie Rose – Nine

Suzanne Leong-Scott – Seven

Tareena Hatton - Network Ten

WA SALES PERSON AWARDS NOMINATIONS

Digital Sales Person of the Year

Bart Atkinson – 7 Digital

Daisy Bridgwood – The West Australian Newspaper

Elizabeth Foxton - Spotify

Sebastian Tatur - Verizon Media

Warwick Kingston – Verizon Media

Print Sales Person of the Year

Carla Antoniolli - The West Australian Newspaper

Delece Katauskas – The West Australian Newspaper

Martin Atanassov - Nine

Matthew Reed – News Corp Australia

Nancy Kingston - The West Australian Newspaper

Outdoor/Cinema Sales Person of the Year

Anna Wyatt-Spratt - oOh! Media

Damien Bodestyne - JCDecaux

Georgia Yaksich – oOh! Media

Michelle Hawkins – Val Morgan Cinema

Phil Dada - JCDecaux

Radio Sales Person of the Year

Aaron Bryant - ARN

Clare Porter – Southern Cross Austereo

Daniel Rigg – Nova Entertainment

James Van Grootel – Southern Cross Austereo

Luke Kevin – Nova Entertainment

Television Sales Person of the Year

Annette Herbert - Seven

Chris Eyres - SBS

Jaimi-Lee Chatley - Nine

Megan Tuckey - Nine

Natasha Twentyman - Nine